{"product_id":"cunning-folk","title":"Cunning Folk","description":"Cunning Folk transports us to a time when magic was used to solve life's day-to-day problems - as well as some of deadly importance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant book, written with wit and vigour' MALCOLM GASKILL, author of The Ruin of All Witches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Absolutely fascinating' IAN MORTIMER, author of The Time-Traveller's Guide to Medieval England\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do  In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might well have been cunning folk: practitioners of magic who were a common, even essential part of daily life, at a time when the supernatural was surprisingly mundane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharming, thought-provoking and based on original research, Cunning Folk is an immersive reconstruction of a bygone world by an expert historian, as well as a commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I adore Cunning Folk. A truly fascinating and human book' Ruth Goodman, author of How To Be a Tudor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Packed with vivid historical anecdotes, this is an intriguing insight into the magical lives of past people and the history of our own superstitions today' Marion Gibson, author of Witchcraft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating . . . opens a window into another world' Tracy Borman, author of Anne Boleyn \u0026amp; Elizabeth I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of such magical tips and colourful vignettes . . . crackles with incident' Kate Maltby, Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Spirited and richly detailed' New York Times","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":54343590117714,"sku":"9781529931563","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_9abd2d2d-a747-4c7e-8c92-acfd27be5ad7.jpg?v=1787318915","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/cunning-folk","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}